If you want to be a world beater then you need to play in the Phillippines! Most of the great players that we know here in the states get weight when they go back to Philippines.
Jericho Banares has a few matches on YouTube where he spots Efren, Alcano, and Alex P.
Efren gets weight from almost every young talent in the PI nowadays.
How strong is that?
Look at what trips to the Phillippines has done for SVB and Appletton. They went there to gamble and now are favorites in just about any tournament.
It like Brazil and soccer. They don't have any prestigious titles to be won, but every prestigious title is won by someone from that country.